foment

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Englisch - Englisch
To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate

He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.

To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge

The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.

{v} to encourage, abet, cherish, bathe
Fomentation
To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors
{f} stir up; instigate; stimulate; apply water or a medicated liquid (to part of the body)
try to stir up public opinion
To cherish with heat; to foster
To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid
confused with ferment
To incite or cause; To promote, to encourage; to instigate
State of excitation; perh
bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented
If someone or something foments trouble or violent opposition, they cause it to develop. They accused strike leaders of fomenting violence. = incite. foment revolution/trouble/discord etc to cause trouble and make people start fighting each other or opposing the government = stir up (fomentare, from fovere )
fomentation
The lotion applied to a diseased part

I then applied a fomentation to the part, which highly answered the intention;.

fomentation
The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors
fomenter
One who incites or promotes
fomentation
The application of warm substances to diseased parts
fomentation
{n} a bathing with any thing, a lotion
fomented
{a} promoted, cherished, bathed
fomenter
{n} an encourager, abettor, supporter
fomentation
deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
fomentation
application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation
fomentation
{i} instigation; incitement; application of water or medicated liquids; medicated liquids
fomentation
Excitation; instigation; encouragement
fomentation
deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation
fomented
past of foment
fomenter
{i} one who instigates or incites; one who stirs something up; one who applies medicated liquids
fomenter
one who agitates; a political troublemaker
fomenter
One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition
fomenting
present participle of foment
foments
third-person singular of foment
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